PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A group of Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress.

President Donald Trump floated the idea that the US "shouldn't even have" the upcoming midterm elections amid projections that the GOP could lose its majority.

Trump expressed frustration that his party could lose the House or Senate in the upcoming midterms, the report says

"When democracy is treated as optional, it is Black communities who pay the price first and hardest,” said Nadine Smith of Color Of Change.

On Thursday, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against ongoing protests in Minnesota in response to unrest following the killing of 37-year-old American citizen Renee Good by ICE agents.

As Americans bet on U.S. midterm elections in November, Interactive Brokers founder and chairman Thomas Peterffy said he expects growth to accelerate this year for the prediction markets platform his company launched in 2024.

The State Board of Elections is investigating a complaint that one of the Republican candidates for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat lives in Florida. She says it’s false.

New Hampshire's Democracy Defense Project lost a big-name co-chairman when former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu decided to re-enter the political arena as a candidate for his former seat.